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Apr 8, 2022

Apr 8, 2022

What’s With Your Emergency Room, You Dog-Faced Pony Soldier?

President Joe Biden personally called a Pennsylvania hospital on Wednesday … when a friend’s wife struggled to be seen …“I was on the…

Jan 22, 2022

What’s With Your Emergency Room, You Dog-Faced Pony Soldier?

Jan 22, 2022

A “Pause” to Get Neurotic About … Our Greatest Medical Triumph?

May 26, 2021

A “Pause” to Get Neurotic About … Our Greatest Medical Triumph?

May 26, 2021

Something to Lift Your Spirits

Here’s something: Remember nuclear weapons?

Oct 29, 2020

Something to Lift Your Spirits

Oct 29, 2020

‘Let’s Have that Conversation!’

Yes “all lives matter”, but you can’t say that.

Sep 16, 2020

‘Let’s Have that Conversation!’

Sep 16, 2020

Losing 18 Inches of Wire In a Patient? As Inevitable as … Doomsday Itself

Sometimes a doctor must place a large-caliber catheter into one of the body’s biggest veins: the internal jugular in the neck, the…

May 20, 2020

Losing 18 Inches of Wire In a Patient? As Inevitable as … Doomsday Itself

May 20, 2020

The Pandemic-Era Emergency Dep’t: Weirder, Wilder & Emptier Than Ever

The radio toned at 3 a.m., a single long tone. No big deal, just a heads-up. If the patient had been “priority one” sick, or if paramedics…

Apr 27, 2020

The Pandemic-Era Emergency Dep’t: Weirder, Wilder & Emptier Than Ever

Apr 27, 2020

Has the Emergency Department Ever Been More Boring — or Terrifying?

After an exhaustingly long day, a group of us were still discussing “fomites,” objects that can carry contagious particles. Dr. Anil…

Mar 24, 2020

Has the Emergency Department Ever Been More Boring — or Terrifying?

Mar 24, 2020

Dropped on a Tennis Court, Hit by a Truck, Lost at Sea — But Still Here!

As we all hunker down at home, hoarding toilet paper and hiding from the deadly sniffles, I offer only cold comfort: The ongoing project…

Mar 14, 2020

Dropped on a Tennis Court, Hit by a Truck, Lost at Sea — But Still Here!

Mar 14, 2020

Nuclear Weapons Were Too Crazy Even for Hitler

I recently decided to post an account of a new nuclear weapons-related mishap or near disaster — each day — for the rest of the year.

Mar 1, 2020

Nuclear Weapons Were Too Crazy Even for Hitler

Mar 1, 2020

Matt Bivens, MD

Matt Bivens, MD

Born in DC, studied at UNC-Chapel Hill, now living in Massachusetts. ER physician, EMS medical director, recovering journalist & Russia-watcher.

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